Example sentences of "but [conj] i [verb] said " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if I had said this to you three months ago would you have thought it worth the extra outlay ? |
| 2 | No , but if I 'd said that |
| 3 | There is a closing sequence now the reason that you were able to close in the manner that you did with that bloke is a natural ability , but if I 've said to you to teach somebody else it you would say I can not do it , but I ca n't teach somebody else , because you 're not actually aware of the sequence that you 're working , can you see what I 'm saying to you ? |
| 4 | Sixty-seven , but as I 'd said to Ruth Cohen , lively with it . |
| 5 | But as I 've said , it will , it will be preserved in my case . |
| 6 | and as you say if you go to college , but as I 've said to Penny you know you want to try and find out if there are any courses that are going , if you want to get back |
| 7 | I could probably still have got across , but as I have said , the stones of the causeway were thick with seaweed , and treacherous even when exposed . |
| 8 | The position might be different if Woolwich had paid under threat of the revenue taking distress proceedings without a court order under section 61 of the Taxes Management Act 1980 , but as I have said there is no evidence that such drastic and highly unusual proceedings were either threatened by the revenue or anticipated by Woolwich , still less that Woolwich had a reasonable apprehension of being put out of business by them . |
| 9 | But as I have said earlier , I do not think this necessarily precludes a difference in the procedures which are appropriate on the one hand where it is necessary to explain to the driver his right to claim a replacement specimen taken under section 7(4) and what the exercise of that right involves and , on the other hand , where the driver is obliged , subject to any rights of objection , to provide the specimen the constable requires . |
| 10 | Teaching about computers is important , both technically and from the role they 're going to have in the children 's lives , but as I have said before the main interest , from an educational point of view , is using it as one would use a video tape or an overhead projector or a blackboard and a piece of chalk . |
| 11 | But as I have said to you , the Banbury School 's decision to opt out was not taken on the grounds of the education offered in this county . |